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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Singer Lauryn Hill sentenced to 3 months in prison for tax evasion

Despite paying her back taxes in full, singer Lauryn Hill, has been sentenced to three months in federal prison for tax evasion.

At her last court hearing Lauryn Hill was given two weeks to come up with
$500,000 toward her $1.8 million tax debt. According to reports, Lauryn Hill paid
$900,000 to the IRS on Sunday but it wasn't enough to keep her from
getting locked up.

Yesterday Monday May 6th, Ms Hill was sentenced to three months in jail, a $60,000 fine,
and one year probation. She must report to prison on July 8th to start serving her sentence. Before she was sentenced, Lauryn Hill said something. Find it after the cut...

Before she was sentenced Lauryn Hill explained,

"I was put into a system I didn't know the nature of. I'm a child of
former slaves. I got into an economic paradigm and had that imposed on
me. I sold 50 million units. Now I'm up here paying a tax debt. If
that's not likened to slavery, I don't know what is."

What is all this slavery talk????....whether you are white or black IRS will come after you if you don't report everything while filing your taxes. Ask Donald Trump how much he pays in taxes. thats why the guy keeps giving to charity so that he wont have everything garnished......She is now playing the victim. Abeg go and sit down somewhere, you cant cheat the system. At least not in America. They will eventually come after you even if its 50 years Down the line.

Tell her to go to hell and pay her stupid tax. Am sick and tired lf blacks hiding behind racism. I pay my tax notwithstanding i do not make 500.000 dollars in a year. what has beig a slave got to do with it. rubbish. You enjoy good roads and other good things in america, how do you think the govt pay for it.

Yeah lauren, it is likened to slavery. Only that this time it's mental slavery caused by your own hands due to your ignorance. You are paying the price of financial recklessness. You got what you deserved cause you ought to have known better.Ignorance is no excuse. Serves you right!!The good nigerian.

The I to the R to the S don't care if you are a celebrity or not, when they come for you, they are taking you down. Every year, I pray "baba God, make them no take eye see me o, take ear hear me o! Blind them to my money o in Jesus name, AMEN!" LOL I'm serious you all.

On a more serious note, she should have saved the unnecessary statement, had the expensive lawyers do the talking and make arrangements for her affair during her three months absence. People who make way less than she does such as MYSELF make sure that April 15 doesn't catch us without our annual visit to the accountants office with budgeoning boxes of receipts. The only people not required to file are those who are below the poverty line and Ms. Hill is very very far from the poverty line.

Well, she will be fine. She can write some really good music from this experience.

Lauryn Hill you no well you hear? What a cop out! How can you claim ignorance of tax laws in a place like the USA where it's almost like committing murder if you evade tax. Your record company would certainly have assigned you a finance manager. There have been many examples of artists etc falling foul of the law on tax issues. You didn't learn from that? abi you no buy T.V. with some of those $m sales revenue share? You spent the money on jamo weed with Damien Marley, talk true?

Just bcos you paid doesn't mean you can't/won't be jailed...the law is the law...jail time is the punishment/deterrent from breaking the law...is like someone stealing and then he returns the money and then asking "why am I being jailed?"....you already committed a crime and there are consequences

poor dear 50million copies is not beans dat is huge for an artist but truth be told she stopped making music she stopped writing songs she quit her acting career and went on child bearing spree and dat bastard Damian Marley ruined her life and am sure wyclef is laughing Lauryn hill just don't get it with her stautus 10 years ago after Arith Franklin chaka khan Whitney Houston she was the next legend in soul music and even in the hip hop game she threw that away

LMAO. 'A system I didn't know the nature of'? She just insulted all the African American people in America! How many years does she need to "understand the system"? She doesn't understand the concept of paying tax? When she was making millions she didn't realise that you should always have an accountant if you don't know what you should pay in taxes? If she's referring to "slavery" she had better be speaking for people of all races who have to pay tax and even that's laughable. Abeg,some of us across the Atlantic have more serious problems

Abeg dont drag Africa and slavery into this.when you were making money there was no slavery.may be you should come and live in Nigeria so that you save us this insult.............................visit the newest blog on political issues www.africaintels.com.Boko haram is political not religious

Hello People! First of all we are all slaves to the system and Lauren may of tried to avoid it and got caught but trust me your favorite celebs and rich millionaires avoid it for more than half of what they earn and that's why they remain rich. Maybe she wasn't so smart as they are but as far as i'm concerned we"re all slaves to the system and freedom is only a state of mind or if you are THAT rich that you never got to think about theses issues. Some of you need to learn to read between the line instead of taking everything so literally. DAMN!

All these foolish celebrities. They make money and chop it well well but when tax office catch them it's now they will remember they were in economic paradigm. You go sing am tire for prison. Gawa biko jor

All this people that yabbing their mouth need to close their mouth, if you are not paying taxes in the U.S. When you keep working hard and making money and they you get your paycheck back and almost half of it is gone in taxes to pay for some lazy people who don't want to work. Tell me what form of slavery that is bigger than that.Monkey dey work babbon dey chop. Smh. But Lauren should have known that the IRS don't play with their money.

When will we take tax serioz in nigeria sef, lets make it a better place, the other day, one of the Psquare BabyDaddy said, ppl dat wear suit n tie work for him.. Ironically, its those ppl dat pay their tax monthly...to make nigeria a better place ...i hope dey go after dem we dey get deir billions for shows, build houses n flaunt on social media ... Really, we gotta be realistic..

This is not matter of MISS AMELIKA. im off to pay 200 bucks in the morning for a bitchass ticket i couldve used slavery to fight as well. the guy really pulled me over coz my music was beasting but how for prove am???? Considering this counyry will feed you when u r starving and give you time upon time to settle bills its really nothing so she shd pls sheht d fakk up. thats why blk ppl here make me want to vomit. these baby moda whores always thinking something is owed to them. i now try avoid them like plague with their bastad offspring

In Nigeria i have been paying tax since i started working and that has been for 7 years now, no good roads the roads keep getting worst by the day even though i use pay as you go meter i hardly see light. to park in public places area boys harass me for parking fee. i will gladly pay them taxes in america at least i ll see where my money is going. Take heart Lauryn